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Chair Posture- Video Blog
So many of us spend long hours every day seated at a desk or even a couch. I usually address good seated posture with clients, but it is...
John Wilson
May 15, 20221 min read
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Hands- The Door to the Nervous System
In my previous profession as a massage therapist, it did not take long for me to realize that many people really enjoy having their feet...
John Wilson
Apr 25, 20224 min read
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3 Reasons to see Your Rolfer Monthly
We do a Rolfing series to help develop a higher degree of organization and function in the body. This means addressing the individual's...
John Wilson
Apr 9, 20223 min read
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Non-attachment- Allowing Space for Change
"You may take this for truth, that when a free mind is really disinterested, God is compelled to come into it; and if it could get along...
John Wilson
Apr 4, 20223 min read
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Meditation- the Focused and the Peripheral Approaches
I would like to take a moment to address the topic of meditation, as awareness is key to the transformative effects of Rolfing for both...
John Wilson
Apr 2, 20227 min read
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Five Things About Energy Work
"All this metaphysics is fine, but be mighty sure you've got physics under the metaphysics." Ida Rolf All Rolfers have some training in...
John Wilson
Mar 22, 20224 min read
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3 Ways of Dealing With Chronic Pain- Without Medication
In my Denver office, I see a lot of clients dealing with chronic pain. This pain is often the motivating force for coming to see a...
John Wilson
Mar 2, 20224 min read
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The Power of Rolfing - by Owen Marcus- a Book Review
Have you ever told someone that you were seeing a Rolfer and then had to try explaining what it is? Let's face it, that's not easy even...
John Wilson
Feb 7, 20222 min read
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The Hip Girdle- Our Suspension and Alignment
Hips, knees, and toes. What is their relationship to one another? They are all gears in one very important part of our machine, the...
John Wilson
Jan 29, 20223 min read
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A Tribute to Gurdjieff and his Influence on Ida Rolf
January, being the month of his birth, people in Gurdjieff groups all around the world gather together, in person or on zoom, to...
John Wilson
Jan 22, 20224 min read
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The Shoulder Girdle and its Relationship to the Greater Whole
Take a look at an anatomical chart and consider the muscles of the back. What do you notice? There are many layers, and many of these...
John Wilson
Jan 19, 20222 min read
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Going Around the Problem, a Holistic Approach
"Go around the problem; get the system sufficiently resilient so that it is able to change, and it will change, It doesn't have to be...
John Wilson
Jan 8, 20222 min read
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Proprioception and Hypertonicity
When we are exploring hyptertonicity, i.e tight muscles, we need to ask how they got that way in the first place. Why does the nervous...
John Wilson
Oct 11, 20212 min read
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The Embodied Self
Rolfing was developed a bit earlier than the human potential movement in the 60's but that is when it really took off. This movement...
John Wilson
Sep 19, 20212 min read
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Maintaining One's Garden- How can Rolfing support your body after completing a 10 series?
So you have completed a basic 10 series with a Rolfer, what now? Hopefully you will be feeling more stable, movement will be more...
John Wilson
Sep 12, 20212 min read
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How to Cultivate a Sense of Time and Spaciousness for Greater Ease in Your Life
A well known traditional folk song begins with "once I had a bunch of Thyme". It goes on to explain that she lost it due to a man and...
John Wilson
Aug 15, 20214 min read
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How Does Chronic Flexion, a Trauma Response Inherited From our Evolution, Impact Our Modern Lives?
Moshe Feldenkrais once said "all negative emotions end in Flexion". What do the terms negative emotions or even flexion refer to? ...
John Wilson
Jun 5, 20213 min read
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Diving Deeper: The Benefits of Continuing with Advanced Rolfing Sessions
So we have gone through a full basic series, addressed restrictions, strain patterns, and habits. We have worked with muscle and...
John Wilson
Feb 27, 20213 min read
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Exploring the Connection Between Sensation and Mental Well-Being
In Rolfing we often speak of awareness as a vehicle for change. When speaking of bringing awareness to any part of the body, or the body...
John Wilson
Sep 7, 20206 min read
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Is Rolfing Painful?
If the use of force is excessive, the practitioner is working with violence, but the appropriate use of force is not violence.
John Wilson
Aug 5, 20204 min read
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